Family and Culturally Centred Cardiovascular Disease Research and Practice

Call for Papers

A problematic assumption underpinning health care interventions is that proven effectiveness in one group of patients and/or within one cultural context makes an intervention applicable to all patients, regardless of sociodemographic or cultural differences. Alternatively, the application of a culturally and family centred care lens promotes the health and well-being of patients living with cardiovascular disease and their families through a respectful family-professional partnership. It honours the strengths, cultures, traditions, and expertise that everyone brings to this relationship. Culturally and family centred care is a standard of practice which results in high quality services. In this special issue of the Journal of Nursing Research and Practice we are calling for papers focusing on cardiovascular disease (CVD) research and practice, designed specifically to investigate how a particular ethic group has approached the management of cardiovascular disease to improve outcomes within that population. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: